Fritz Wotruba
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personAustrian, 1907–1975
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Selected Works99

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MoMA
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NGA Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Milwaukee Art Museum
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Hammer Museum
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Previous Sales 23

Christie's
Hockender (Geschlossene Figur)
Hockender (Geschlossene Figur), 1951
$44,450
Nov 2025
Dorotheum
″Kleine Sitzende Figur″ (Small Seated Figure)
″Kleine Sitzende Figur″ (Small Seated Figure)
$3,360
Dec 2025
Dorotheum
Standing figure with raised arms
Standing figure with raised arms
$4,305
Sep 2025
Dorotheum
Small Sitting Figure
Small Sitting Figure
$3,690
Sep 2025
Dorotheum
A small seated figure
A small seated figure, 1952
$3,274
Dec 2024
Dorotheum
Reclining male nude
Reclining male nude, 1939
$2,046
Dec 2024
Dorotheum
Head
Head, 1521
$1,774
Dec 2024
Dorotheum
Small reclining sculpture
Small reclining sculpture, 1934
$13,081
Nov 2024
Dorotheum
"Discours d'ouverture du Festival de Salzbourg, 1972"
"Discours d'ouverture du Festival de Salzbourg, 1972", 1972
$1,049
Nov 2023
Dorotheum
Small seated figure
Small seated figure, 1952
Bought In
Nov 2023
Dorotheum
Reclining woman to the right
Reclining woman to the right, 1970
$1,029
Dec 2022
Dorotheum
Head
Head, 1958
$2,183
Sep 2022
Dorotheum
Akt eines Jünglings mit hinter dem Kopf verschränkten Armen / Nude of a boy with crossed arms behind his head
Akt eines Jünglings mit hinter dem Kopf verschränkten Armen / Nude of a boy with crossed arms behind his head, 1929
$21,682
Nov 2021
Dorotheum
Akt eines Jünglings mit einem erhobenen Arm (Seitenansicht) / Nude of a boy with raised arm (sideview)
Akt eines Jünglings mit einem erhobenen Arm (Seitenansicht) / Nude of a boy with raised arm (sideview)
$20,236
Nov 2021
Dorotheum
Akt eines Jünglings mit einem vor der Brust gelegten Arm / Nude of a boy with an arm before his chest
Akt eines Jünglings mit einem vor der Brust gelegten Arm / Nude of a boy with an arm before his chest, 1929
$17,346
Nov 2021
Dorotheum
A Small Seated Figure
A Small Seated Figure, 1952
$5,090
Sep 2021
Dorotheum
Head
Head, 1528
$1,946
Sep 2021
Villa Grisebach
”Kleine sitzende Figur”
”Kleine sitzende Figur”, 1952
$2,484
Feb 2025
Villa Grisebach
”Figur” (design 2)
”Figur” (design 2), 1963
$32,287
May 2024
Ketterer Kunst
Genius
Genius, 1929
$41,047
Dec 2023
Villa Grisebach
Head
Head, 1956
$2,384
Feb 2023
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Relief with Three Figures
Relief with Three Figures, 1957
Bidding closed
Bronze with brown patina
Finarte · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled
Bidding closed
Bronze

For Sale 5

Galerie Bei Der Albertina Zetter · Artsy
Torso
Torso, 1969
Price on request
Bronze cast
Alpha 137 Gallery · Artsy
Fritz Wotruba - Untitled
Fritz Wotruba - Untitled, 1967
US$800
Lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges
Wallector · 1stDibs
Homage to Michelangelo - Etching by Fritz Wotruba - 1975
Homage to Michelangelo - Etching by Fritz Wotruba - 1975
$567
Wallector · 1stDibs
Untitled - Lithograph by Fritz Wotruba - 1950s
Untitled - Lithograph by Fritz Wotruba - 1950s
$529
Wallector · 1stDibs
Abstract
Abstract
$1,117
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Publications4

Exhibition Catalog 4

Fritz Wotruba: Zeichnungen und Steine
Hatje Cantz · 2007
ArchiSculpture: Dialogues between Architecture and Sculpture from the 18th Century to the Present Day
Hatje Cantz · 2004
ArchiSkulptur: Dialoge zwischen Architektur und Plastik vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute
Hatje Cantz · 2004
Von Rodin bis Baselitz: Der Torso in der Skulptur der Moderne
Hatje Cantz · 2001
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Remembering John Sailer, the gallerist and champion of Austrian art, who has died, aged 87
John Sailer, the founder of Vienna's Galerie Ulysses and a key champion of Austrian avant-garde art, has died at age 87. Sailer opened the gallery in …
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Past Exhibitions2

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Leopold Museum

JOSEF PILLHOFER

JOSEF PILLHOFER, Fritz Wotruba, Herbert Boeckl, Paul Cézanne, Ossip Zadkine, Jacques Lipchitz, Alexander Archipenko, Henri Laurens, Constantin Brâncuși, Germaine Richier, Alberto Giacometti, Aristide Maillol

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2021

JOSEF PILLHOFER In a dialogue with Cézanne, Giacometti, Picasso, Rodin ... 18.06. – 10.10.2021

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Upper Belvedere

WOTRUBA. Heavenwards

Fritz Wotruba

1030 Vienna, Austria

Jan 1, 2021

B21 WOTRUBA. Heavenwards , 6 May 2021 to 30 January 2022 , B21 WOTRUBA. Heavenwards The Church on the Georgenberg 6 May 2021 - 30 January 2022

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Remembering John Sailer, the gallerist and champion of Austrian art, who has died, aged 87
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JOSEF PILLHOFER
Jan 1, 2021
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WOTRUBA. Heavenwards
Jan 1, 2021
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Fritz Wotruba dies
Jan 1, 1975
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Fritz Wotruba born
Jan 1, 1907
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